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Crash Recovery in RedHat Linux



Best recomendation "don't use X as root"  :-)  use su  or sudo.



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On Thu, 2002-12-19 at 20:30, Al wrote:
> 
> 
> I lost power when I had logged in as root on 
> a system which was running 
> 	RedHat Linux 7.2.
> 
> After restoring power and logging in as a root again, 
> I realized that the "Gnome panel" at the bottom of screen was gone
> and I only had those three icons (Home,???, & Trash) left on the top
> left side of my screen.
> 
> However, if I login as any other user except "root", everything is
> fine  and "Gnome panel" appears as it should be.
> 
> Any recommendations for recovering from this crash and getting back the
> "Gnome panel" for ROOT?
> 
> a.
> 
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